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  • Title: Induction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein by cigarette smoke through the superoxide anion-triggered PERK-eIF2α pathway.
    Author: Tagawa Y, Hiramatsu N, Kato H, Sakoh T, Nakajima S, Hayakawa K, Saito Y, Johno H, Takahashi S, Gu L, Yao J, Kitamura M.
    Journal: Toxicology; 2011 Sep 05; 287(1-3):105-12. PubMed ID: 21703327.
    Abstract:
    Cigarette smoke triggers apoptosis through oxidative stress- and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-dependent induction of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-homologous protein (CHOP) (Tagawa et al., 2008. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 45, 50-59). We investigated roles of individual reactive oxygen/nitrogen species in the transcriptional induction of CHOP by cigarette smoke. Exposure of bronchial epithelial cells to O(2)(-), ONOO(-) or H(2)O(2) induced expression of CHOP, whereas NO alone did not. Induction of CHOP mRNA by cigarette smoke extract (CSE) was attenuated by scavengers for O(2)(-), ONOO(-) or NO, whereas scavenging H(2)O(2) did not affect the induction of CHOP. Like CSE, O(2)(-) and ONOO(-) caused activation of the CHOP gene promoter. Scavengers for O(2)(-), ONOO(-) or NO attenuated CSE-triggered activation of the CHOP gene promoter. CSE, O(2)(-) and ONOO(-) induced phosphorylation of protein kinase-like ER kinase (PERK) and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) and caused induction of downstream activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4). Scavengers for O(2)(-), ONOO(-) or NO attenuated induction of ATF4 by CSE. Furthermore, dominant-negative inhibition of the PERK-eIF2α pathway exclusively suppressed CSE-triggered induction of CHOP and consequent apoptosis. These results suggest that O(2)(-) and ONOO(-) are selectively involved in CSE-triggered induction of CHOP and that the PERK-eIF2α pathway plays a crucial role in the induction of CHOP and apoptosis downstream of the particular reactive oxygen species.
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